I have a problem with my screen resolution:
I installed a PC Rom game, everything with that (as far as I can tell...) is fine. However, it told me that the game would run better if played in a different resolution. Being a trusting fool I thought it wouldn't give me the option if my screen wouldnt support it. Apparently I was wrong.
There's nothing wrong with the screen, or the computer themselves. The screen shows the bootup, up until the point (I assume) that the resolution would kick in- my password screen. The screen after that just says "Cannot show resoultion" or something like that. So, Im thinking, there HAS to be a way to change my screen resolution on the boot screen, or something. Anything. Im running XP on a Dell home computer if it helps...
2007-03-06 01:38:13 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Monitors
Have you tried booting into safe mode?
On bootup, press F8 repeatedly (and immediately) until you get the option to boot into 'safe mode'. I'm not 100% sure it will work but it should. I believe it uses 800x600 resolution by default.
If you can boot it up this way, use the display settings to set your resolution. Hope this helps.
2007-03-06 01:42:17 · answer #1 · answered by scruffy 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
safe mode it is....the key is not always f8 though. My inspiron goes into safe mode using f12 and my precision uses f10. Why i dont know...
2007-03-06 11:39:30 · answer #2 · answered by Kevin M 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋